Stories for Slow Moments

Eight quiet stories for the slow hours of the day.
A willow bud opening at a pond's edge in April. A snail crossing a stone in morning mist. A sparrow holding still through a winter storm. A seed pushing through dark soil toward a windowsill's light. A child and a small lantern on a dark autumn path.
Eight stories, eight children, eight moments in the Nordic year. Each told in calm prose for reading aloud at the end of the day, at the edge of sleep, in the in-between hours when the world outside goes quiet.
Pre-order — coming November 2026.
Written by D.I. Suikkanen. Illustrated by Lucy Pirogova.
Hardcover. Matte case laminate. 8 × 10 inches. Approximately 64–80 pages. Ages 3–7.

    

    GROWING UP NORDIC PUBLISHING · FINLAND